A large Hindu temple existed at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi now stands, the Hindu side in the dispute said on Jan 25, citing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report.
Varanasi: Eleven people, including from both the Hindu and Muslim side, applied for copies of the ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex adj.
Following an order of the district court passed on July 21 last year, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises to determine whether the mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. On Wednesday, District Judge A K Vishvesh ruled that the ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex will be given to both the Hindu and Muslim sides.
According to advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, the ASI has concluded that there existed a large Hindu Temple prior to the construction of the existing structure in the Gyanvapi mosque case.